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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1670
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Perculier, n. [(? Erroneous) variant of Portculis n., with r for s as in e.m.E. porculier, -culer (both 1485).] — c 1670 Douglas Chart. 343.
[In Tantallon Castle:] Four iron ȝetis … at the enterie and ane iron ȝet at the tumbler with shod perculieris
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"Perculier n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/perculier>
